Education

B.S.N., Gwynedd Mercy College
M.S.N., DeSales University
Ph.D., Widener University

Career Highlights

Wendy J. Robb joined the Cedar Crest College Nursing Department in Fall 2000. Her background includes work as a clinical nurse specialist in adult acute care, particularly trauma care. She is also an experienced clinical research coordinator, with expertise in the area of complementary and alternative healing.

Wendy has published and presented nationally and internationally on a variety of topics and has traveled to nursing schools in Ghana, West Africa and Sweden as part of international exchanges. She has participated in several national grants and maintains certification as a nurse educator by the National League for Nursing.

Memberships & Awards

American Holistic Nurses Association, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, National League for Nurses, Pennsylvania League for Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Theta Rho Chapter

Courses Taught

Career Highlights

Dr. Melincavage has taught in baccalaureate and diploma programs of nursing. She has practiced nursing in the areas of neurosurgery and cardiac care. She is also a certified registered nurse practitioner and practices in adult health and is certified as an adult health nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Dr. Melincavage is also certified as a nurse educator by the National League for Nursing. Her research interests include anxiety in student nurses in the clinical setting. She was awarded the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Theta Rho Nurse Research Award in 2007.

Memberships

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Nurses Association, Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, National League for Nursing, Pennsylvania League for Nursing, The Reading Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association - Life Member, Penn State Alumni Association - Life Member

Courses Taught

Career Highlights

Karen has taught at Cedar Crest College since 2005 on a part time basis. She spent the majority of her time with the students in the clinical area, but also spent time in the labs and classrooms. Karen helped teach the pharmacology course. In the 2009-2010 academic year, she assisted with grant work in developing a fall prevention study that was implemented during one of the junior level clinical courses. She also works as a nurse practitioner in a family planning clinic to stay current with nursing skill and techniques."

Memberships

ANA, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, ACNP.

Why Choose Cedar Crest?

"I feel that as an alumna and also a nurse that Cedar Crest College prepares nursing students in a very special way. I feel that the liberal arts base is key to understanding patients in a holistic manner. By learning to appreciate the aesthetics and make connections between all of our areas of knowledge, we allow the students to see a bigger picture. This creates for a more adaptable, creative, and intelligent nurse."

Advice

"I am passionate about the commitment to learning new knowledge, and the holistic caring for patients. I never want to stop learning or growing in my understanding of new information. I encourage curious learners and welcome questions. Finding the correct answers benefits us all."

Inspiration

"All of the motivated and insightful teachers and professors in my past have served as inspiration for me. They helped to fan the spark of interest in learning into a fire. If it weren't for those committed few, I would most likely not have found my way here. The vision for this school inspires and motivates me to want to contribute to continuing the tradition of excellence in the nursing program."

How Did You Become a Teacher?

"It seems that I have always been helping others to understand things better. I tutored Spanish in high school and while a student at Cedar Crest I tutored in microbiology and fine arts and was an instructional assistant for Freshman Seminar and Anatomy and Physiology. It was my work as an instructional assistant that really influenced my interest in teaching. I found that the students understood the material better when I explained it in my terms. It led to my first teaching job years later. I started teaching A&P at a community college."

Courses Taught

Career HIghlights

Dr. Leh brings many years of clinical and teaching experience to the nursing department. As a community health clinical nurse specialist, her focus is on health promotion of adult and pediatric populations. Her background includes practice in emergency nursing, home care, school nursing and community health program planning. Dr. Leh continues to serve as a health consultant for child care centers through the PA American Academy of Pediatric Early Childhood Education Linkage System. Dr. Leh has presented nationally and internationally and published on a variety of topics related to community health and nursing education. She was instrumental in establishing nursing study abroad courses as well as student-faculty exchanges in Africa and Sweden. Her research interests include community and global health nursing issues.

Memberships

National League for Nursing PA, League of Nursing Transcultural Nursing Society, Association of Community Health Nurse Educators, Sigma Theta Tau; Theta Rho Chapter.

Amy Metteer-Storer

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., San Diego State University
M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania
Hamilton Blvd Building 24
Ext. 3745amstorer@cedarcrest.edu

Mae Ann Pasquale

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., East Stroudsburg University
M.S.N., Villanova University
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Hamilton Blvd Building 20
Ext. 3624mpasqual@cedarcrest.edu

Education

Career Highlights

Joan Timalonis teaches fundamentals of nursing, medical surgical nursing, health assessment and the final practicum for senior nursing students. She has taught since the mid-1990s, and has known she wanted to be a teacher since working with new nurses and nursing students in the hospital. She wanted to be a role model for others, and thoroughly enjoys seeing the growth and progress her students demonstrate as they progress through their courses. Joan believes teaching is an integral part of the nursing profession, as nurses teach patients in every encounter.

Memberships & Awards

National League for Nursing, Pennsylvania League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, American Nurses Assocation

Philosophy

"I teach to maintain the high standards of the nursing profession and the college, and to contribute to safe health care practices in the community. I believe you must take care of yourself before you can take care of others. My mentors, my students and my family all inspire me to become a better version of myself each day."